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Sergei Alekseyevich Korovin (; 19 August 1858,
@ RusArtNet. and his mother was from the nobility, although they were officially registered as "peasants" from Vladimir
@ Russia IC. His best-known work is "На миру" (1893), which depicts an obshchina meeting attempting to resolve a dispute between a poor man and a rich man; a scene related to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Beginning in the latter half of the 1890s, he turned away from his realistic approach and adopted a sketchy style that was closer to
An appreciation of Korovin's work
by Pyotr Suzdalev @ Art Poisk. {{DEFAULTSORT:Korovin, Sergei 1858 births 1908 deaths Painters from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Old Believers Peredvizhniki Russian genre painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni
Sergei Alekseyevich Korovin (; 19 August 1858, Moscow
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– 26 October 1908, Moscow) was a Russian Realist painter; the brother of Konstantin Korovin.
Biography
He was born into a wealthy merchant family of Old BelieversBrief biography@ RusArtNet. and his mother was from the nobility, although they were officially registered as "peasants" from Vladimir
Governorate
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From 1876 to 1886, he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with Vasily Perov, Alexei Savrasov and Illarion Pryanishnikov, a distant relative. From 1888 to 1894, and again from 1898 to 1907, he taught at the school and was a member of the "Union of Russian Artists". He was also a follower of the Peredvizhniki.Brief biography@ Russia IC. His best-known work is "На миру" (1893), which depicts an obshchina meeting attempting to resolve a dispute between a poor man and a rich man; a scene related to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Beginning in the latter half of the 1890s, he turned away from his realistic approach and adopted a sketchy style that was closer to
Impressionism
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. He also tended to favor landscapes. In 1900, he did illustrations for '' The Overcoat'', by Gogol and some decorative paintings, together with Konstantin, including one of the Battle of Kulikovo
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at the State Historical Museum (1908). He died suddenly later that year, of heart failure.
Aleksandr Golovin once commented that Sergei had a lot to say, but little talent; whereas his brother Konstantin had a lot of talent, but little to say.
References
Further reading
* Pyotr Suzdalev, ''Сергей Алексеевич Коровин'', Художник РСФСР (Artists of the RSFSR), 1967External links
An appreciation of Korovin's work
by Pyotr Suzdalev @ Art Poisk. {{DEFAULTSORT:Korovin, Sergei 1858 births 1908 deaths Painters from Moscow People from Moskovsky Uyezd Old Believers Peredvizhniki Russian genre painters 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni